Good day all,
In the French PHB, halberd is shown as reach weapon in the weapons' chart but the description text lacks the sentence that usually describes reach weapons. Could anyone tell me what the original US version says about it ?
Many thanks in advance !
Bran.
Correct. Halberd is NOT a reach weapon. The equivalent reach weapon, more or less, is the Guisarme, but it really should be a glaive with atripping hook. Oh well, c'est la vie.
It sure looks long enough to be a reach weapon...Especially the ones in Edinburgh Castle.
The picture in the PHB shows it to be about six feet from end to tip.
I assume that is the 'typical' length in the D&D world.I've seen pictures of real world halberds (at least I thought they were halberds) that are longer than this.
Even if it isn't a reach weapon, it is a _pole_ weapon, and Dragon(RIP) published an article about a year or so ago about pole weapons which included this feat:
(I am paraphrasing the text, so forgive me if I mange it horribly)
Long Strike
As a full round action you may extend the reach of a pole weapon by five feet for one attack only.
A pole weapon with a normal 10' reach, would reach 15' instead.
A pole weapon, like the halberd, without a normal reach would gain a 10' reach for one attack.
Several other good feats in that article as well.
One of my players (Fighter/Ranger) has taken to the pole weapons and makes use of several feats from that article.